magician

noun

mə-ˈji-shən How to pronounce magician (audio)
Definition of magiciannext
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as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell

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as in conjurer
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat

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Recent Examples of magician Live music, magicians, a mini parade, and more than 400 vendors transform the avenue into a giant block party. — Barbara Noe Kennedy, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026 The challenge was unofficially posed by rival magician Rahman Bey, who, on July 21, 1926, spent an hour locked in a coffin partially submerged underwater. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 The Israeli American magician was winning over the crowd with an uncanny name guessing trick, which involved him correctly identifying the name of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's then-unborn daughter. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Frank Thurston is a comedic magician who has performed for decades, and there are plenty of familiar bands on the night roster across the stages. — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for magician
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  1. sorcerer
  2. conjurer
  3. mage
  4. wizard
  5. witch
Noun
  • The woods could be hiding places of witches and sorcerers, disguised as the old and feeble, but capable of summoning wonder and terrors, charms as well as curses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of sorcerer
Noun
  • Such ritual specialists have been called root doctors, conjure doctors, conjurers, or Hoodoos.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • One of their clients was the sculptor Richard Serra, conjurer of gargantuan things, who would change the course of Vilardi’s career.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of conjurer
Noun
  • Months earlier, Andy accidentally entered a magical portal, became a mage and saved the realm, but no one at home believed him.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of mage
Noun
  • Players can also customize a walking castle and investigate a mystery involving missing wizards.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This sequel series to Wizards of Waverly Place follows Justin Russo’s family of young wizards.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • She and Kidman reprise their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, witches in Massachusetts who must once more confront a family curse that causes the deaths of men whom women in their family fall in love with.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The film takes an almost body horror turn when the crew comes across the witch Circe.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
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